Tag: 2013
December 2013
Making Education More Than a Grade
Anne Paonessa assesses the impact of service learning on English language learners
Doing Our Best
Considerations on ways to share learning
From the Mouths of Babes
Angelika Putintseva wants to know how many...
November 2013
Infants, Words, and Income
Bjorn Carey reports on research showing that two-year-old children of lower-income families may already be six months behind in language development
Taking Europe to Task
Miriam Plieninger explains how the Common...
October 2013
Cuban Expressionism
Rose Eichenbaum captures Cuba’s love for communication in dance, music, and art
Cutting to the Common Core: Analyzing Informational Text
Kate Kinsella tackles the particular challenges of preparing learners to be able to analyze and...
Celebrate International Literacy Day 2013
Gift a book!
Read to a child!
Donate to a literacy organization!
Learn a new word!
Visit a library!
Literacy is a right and a foundation for lifelong learning, better well-being and livelihoods. As such it is a driver...
September 2013
Leveling the Playing Field
Tina Walker sees the closing of the digital divide as key to overcoming the achievement gap
Mutual Understanding
Clorinda Donato and Pierre Escudé explain how intercomprehension is the basis for their Multilingual Romance...
August 2013
Cutting to the Common Core
Making Vocabulary Number One
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers strategies for prioritizing vocabulary for competent text analysis, discussion, and constructed response
Child’s Play
Kennedy Schultz surveys language learning and technology programs for elementary students
Apps...
Esperanto Day 2013
Say “Saluton” today because Friday, July 26 is Esperanto Day with events held all over the world.
A major international conference in Rekjavik, Iceland, with over 1,000 participants is being held this week and the only...
Babel Film Festival 2013
The Babel Film Festival is the first film competition for minority films that use minority languages, dialects, slang, or sign language. The aim is to appreciate and promote cinema related to linguistic minorities, giving...
July 2013
Recognizing U.S. Spanish
Armando Guerrero recommends decisive action to stop the exclusion of the American Spanish vernacular in the classroom
Cutting to the Common Core: Decoding Complex Text
Rebecca Blum-Martínez offers a strategy to help English learners...
June 2013
L’ Histoire de Notre Succès
Benoît Le Dévédec reveals why New York’s French Heritage Language Program has been such a success
Closing the Vocabulary Gap
Alex Rappaport argues that word acquisition may be the easiest way to...